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The Last Stage

Original title: Ostatni etap
  • 19481948
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
343
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The Last Stage (1948)
  • Drama
Female prisoners of various ethnic background struggle to survive the hardships of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.Female prisoners of various ethnic background struggle to survive the hardships of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.Female prisoners of various ethnic background struggle to survive the hardships of Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
343
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Wanda Jakubowska
  • Writers
    • Wanda Jakubowska
    • Gerda Schneider
  • Stars
    • Wanda Bartówna
    • Huguette Faget
    • Tatyana Guretskaya
Top credits
  • Director
    • Wanda Jakubowska
  • Writers
    • Wanda Jakubowska
    • Gerda Schneider
  • Stars
    • Wanda Bartówna
    • Huguette Faget
    • Tatyana Guretskaya
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 5User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Barbara Drapinska in The Last Stage (1948)
    Barbara Drapinska in The Last Stage (1948)
    The Last Stage (1948)
    Aleksandra Slaska in The Last Stage (1948)
    Edward Dziewonski in The Last Stage (1948)
    Alina Janowska in The Last Stage (1948)
    Barbara Rachwalska in The Last Stage (1948)
    Antonina Gordon-Górecka, Tatyana Guretskaya, and Mariya Vinogradova in The Last Stage (1948)
    Aleksandra Slaska in The Last Stage (1948)
    The Last Stage (1948)
    The Last Stage (1948)

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    Wanda Bartówna
    • Helene, a teenage prisoner
    Huguette Faget
    Huguette Faget
    • Michele, French prisoner
    Tatyana Guretskaya
    Tatyana Guretskaya
    • Eugenia, doctor-prisoner
    • (as Tatjana Gorecka)
    Antonina Gordon-Górecka
    Antonina Gordon-Górecka
    • Anna, nurse-prisoner
    Mariya Vinogradova
    Mariya Vinogradova
    • Nadya, a nursing aide
    Barbara Drapinska
    • Marta Weiss
    Barbara Fijewska
    Barbara Fijewska
    • Anielka, replacement 'nurse'
    Anna Lutoslawska
    • Urszula, a teenage prisoner
    • (as Anna Redlichowna)
    Aleksandra Slaska
    Aleksandra Slaska
    • Superintendent of the Women's Block
    Edward Dziewonski
    Edward Dziewonski
    • Auschwitz Medical Officer
    Wladyslaw Brochwicz
    • Commandant of Auschwitz
    • (as Wlad. Brochwicz)
    Zygmunt Chmielewski
    • A Dignitary
    Jadwiga Chojnacka
    Jadwiga Chojnacka
    • Prisoner #2
    Halina Drohocka
    • Lalunia, replacement 'doctor'
    Alina Janowska
    Alina Janowska
    • Dessa, nurse-prisoner
    Anna Jaraczówna
    Anna Jaraczówna
    • Frieda - A Capo
    Maria Kaniewska
    Maria Kaniewska
    • Record-keeper ("Reportfuhrerin")
    Ewa Kunina
    • Prisoner #3
    • Director
      • Wanda Jakubowska
    • Writers
      • Wanda Jakubowska
      • Gerda Schneider
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    • Trivia
      The film was partly shot on location at Auschwitz concentration camp. The film is based on director Wanda Jakubowska's personal expierences as a prisoner at Auschwitz. She claimed that what helped her to survive Auschwitz was constantly thinking about the documentation of her experiences.
    • Connections
      Featured in Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A lengyel film (1990)

    User reviews5

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    Top review
    10/10
    A great documentary about Auschwitz and women
    Jakubowska uses documentary techniques that are quite remarkable - location shots, use of actual participants speaking their own languages to build up the experience of women being sent to Auschwitz, the death camp. A great film for Poland, for the Holocaust, for women, for resistance against fascism - but it is not quite clear where the place of the Jews in this is. There is the slogan "You must not allow Auschwitz to be repeated" and the role of the Russians as liberators is emphasised with shots of their planes overhead. Amusing to compare with Wyler's 1942 "Mrs.Miniver" - but "The Last Stage" alas is unavailable.
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    • FredDavies
    • Jul 23, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Languages
      • Polish
      • Russian
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Sista etappen
    • Filming locations
      • Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland
    • Production company
      • Przedsiebiorstwo Dystrybucji Filmów
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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